The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-12-24
,PELoUsAs PARISH OF ST. LANDRY LA DECEMBER
HteIms of Interest.

The Supreme Court of the United States has
declared the Kansas Prohibition statutes con-
stitntional.
Chicago has been selected as the place and
the 18th of june 1888 the time for the assem-
bling of the National Republican Nomnatin e
Convention.
f. Heavy snow storms occurred in the North
west during the past week, railroads blockad-
/ ed by snow drifts, u great scarcity of coal and
Spther fuel in many places, and several persons
said TO have perished from the extreme cold
weater
Thibodaux Sentinel: This week has been
cold one for the Reformers. Madison, More
house. West Baton Rouge, Caddo and Bien-
/ vile have declared against hypocrisy and
cant.
N. D. Chronicle: The Abbeyile Meridional
and the lafayette Advertiser are advocating
a railroad between the two places, and will
| try to awaken their Acadian constituents out
of their Rip Van Wrinkle sleep. Success at
4 tend them -
| war cloud is appearing on the political
! horizon of Europe again. The massing of
/ troops by Russia near the Austrian frontier
| has greatly alarmed the latter government,
which calls for an increase of her military
budget and the mobilization of her troops for
active service
Thibodaux Sentinel The admilistration-
1 lists have often invited the ReffEm orators TO
d joint discussion. But it is no GO; they were
to accept they would Gave to come outrtElth
the truth, and the truth and Reform don't
agree very much, you know.
Jeanerette Pilot: On MFR. Louis Greven-
/ herg's place near here, two eolored men, Vol
taire and Virgil Green, made on forty.two ar
pents of ground, sugar, the value of which is
put at 81 $40 20, aud 800 barrels Of clean corn.
There were about TWENTY-FIVE arpents 10 corn
and the balance in cane.
Thibodaux Sentinel: The Reformers will
claim everything for Nichols until the day OF
the convention and good many OF the read
| eFs of their organs believe it. But what dis
/ appointment is in store for tlfem, when on the
| 10th uf January they will find out that they
have been purposeIy blinded by the Pic.
N. o. Chronicle: The attempt to put Gen.
Philip Sheridan iu the field as Presidential
candidate will have TO be abandoned, for the
| reason that he was born i'll lrelands and Is
4 therefore ineligible under the constitution of
the United States.
i Thibodaux Sentinel: Our contemporary
i the States. is Indignant over the mendacity OF
the Picayune in claiming parishes that have
gone fairly aud squarely for tho Administfa
tion. We would remind our contemporary
that claiming everything in sight is q charac-
/ terstic of Reform with a big X.
St. Charles Herald: We fear there will be
4 very little planting aud other work done in
i TN sugar fields of Louisiana, in the spring
until Congress defines its position on the tar
Eiff question, and. the Presidents recommends
tions thereon.
Iberpiile South Ring methods we thought
/. w.alhad beg "A the last Of this cheap elaptrap
part. rplarfy in this parish, where the McEn
~ meso in the Democratic Parish Centra
Committle stood fourteen to three fer Mich
1 oils, and acceded to every proposition com
ing from the opposition In fact q majority
of the polls were supervised by commissioners.
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